Fighting Patton [electronic resource] : George S. Patton Jr. through the eyes of his enemies / Harry Yeide.

ISBN:

9781610597470

Title:

Author:

Yeide, Harry.

Personal Author:

Yeide, Harry.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 514 pages, [16] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Contents:

From kid to killer -- All violent on the Western Front -- Between the wars -- The enemy goes to war -- French North Africa: la guerre des trois jours -- Tunisia: Patton tangles with Hitler's legions -- Intermezzo: the brotherhood of Kursk -- Sicily: empty glory -- Bait and wait -- Normandy: Patton returns to war -- Lorraine: Patton faces Germany's best -- Battle of the Bulge: Patton's greatest moment -- Patton flattens Germany's remnants -- A footnote to the panegyric.

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Personal Subject:

Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945.

Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945-Military leadership.

Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945-Adversaries.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Army -- Biography.

Subject Term:

Generals -- United States -- Biography.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2011

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Summary

He is remembered as an officer with few equals. A leader who attained legendary status while commanding corps and armies as a general during World War II. He was also well known for his eccentricity and controversial outspokenness. But no matter the opinion or label attached to his name, few can argue George S. Patton's place as a truly legendary figure in the annals of military history.

George S. Patton Jr. was only five years old when he informed his parents he intended to become "a great general." When he learned to read, the first book he bought was a history of decisive battles. In school he was always organizing sham battles. On his honeymoon in France, he took his young bride to historic battlefields and fortresses. Waging war was Patton's passion and all his life he trained himself to fight. Nothing else really mattered to him.

Many books have been written about Patton. Fighting Patton: George S. Patton Jr. Through the Eyes of His Enemies is the first to examine the legendary general through the eyes of his enemies, the opposing German commanders. During his extensive research through German wartime records, noted historian and author Harry Yeide has uncovered hundreds of unpublished unit reports, officer accounts, and telephone transcripts to illuminate the German perspective on how and why they lost their battles with Patton's forces.

This truly unique study follows Patton's rise through the ranks in the Mexican Expedition and World War I, as well as his many campaigns throughout World War II, from Tunisia, Sicily and Normandy to Lorraine, the Bulge, and into the heart of Germany. The result is a fresh take on one of the most storied figures of twentieth-century warfare.

Author Notes

Harry Yeide is an international affairs analyst with the federal government. He has worked primarily with political and security/military issues, writing assessments for the President of the United States and other senior policymakers. He is the author of The Longest Battle , The Tank Killers , Steel Victory , and Weapons of the Tankers and the coauthor, with Mark Stout, of First to the Rhine . Yeide lives with his wife Nancy and three cats in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Known for his work on American armored units in WWII, Yeide combines extensive research in published and archival materials to render a unique sketch of General Patton as seen through the eyes of his enemies. Save a brief encounter with the Vichy French in 1942, Patton primarily tangled with the Germans, who, due to their renown in Patton's own forte-armored and mobile operations-served as his most qualified judges. Without debunking Patton's achievements, Yeide shows that the German command regarded the general as a formidable adversary on the battlefield, but they did not view him as "the key to Allied intentions." Rather, such accolades went to strategists Bernard Montgomery and Omar Bradley. Still, it was Patton's gumption on the battlefield that set him aside from his more conservative peers. Following Patton's struggles and victories throughout the war, Yeide unveils a man far more complicated than the mythologized military hero; Patton "was a leader whom some adored and some loathed," a man simultaneously imperious and humble. Yeide adds new depth to our picture of Patton. Considered and evaluated in the specific context of armored commanders, he stood among the greats. In Yeide's words, "It is enough." 50 b&w photos, 40 maps (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

This book offers a detailed perspective on the German and Italian armies as they worked with smaller forces and crippling shortages to counter Patton. Yeide (The Tank Killers: A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Force) deepens the story by describing the military background of the commanders, e.g., in World War I and the interwar years, as well as their actions early in the war before facing Patton. VERDICT Well documented from official reports and personal accounts and with extensive endnotes. Useful for its perspective from the other side, for both interested general readers and specialists. (Index and photos not seen.) (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.